The Paris Fashion Week star-studded affair that is the Balenciaga Fall/Winter 2024 show by Demna gave us ironic luxury that questioned itself and its position within our current digitally native society.
Set in the historic Dome des Invalides, the Balenciaga show, of course, brought out the A-listers, with the nearby roads blocked up by countless black-tinted Mercs and SUVs. Brand ambassador Kim Kardashiansat next to Salma Hayek, the wife of the President of the Kering group. Luka Sabbat, mother-daughter duo Lisa Rinna and Amelia Gray, Hari Nef, Rachel Sennott, Paloma Elsesser, Ashley Graham, Serena Williams, Juyeon of THE BOYZ, PP Krit, and many more found their seat on the front row.
The dishevelled, done-undone aesthetic was portrayed throughout the collection, where gloves were not used on hands, but rather laid over, and dust bags were used for tops. We also saw scotch-tape wrapped around outfits, while some models looked like they had thrown on their entire selection of skinny-strap tank tops. The final look — a dress constructed out of heaps and heaps of underwear — brought a new meaning to outerwear, amplifying the thongs sticking out of sweatpants look we saw at the Balenciaga LA show late last year.
Throughout the collection, Demna’s signature codes came through. We saw models adopting the signature Balenciaga stomp-and-frown, domineering walk, whilst wearing intentionally messy-layered suits, backpack outfits, and subculturally-informed pieces. The bootlegging technique that made Demna so famous in the first place also returned to the runway, with eBay logo-adorned tops, echoing the unique eBay finds show invites we all received prior to the show.
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